On Fri, 7 Mar 1997, Joey Hess wrote:
> Currently, the dependencies look like so:
>
> Depends: libc5 (>= 5.4.17-1), xlib6 | aout-svgalib
>
> I inherited this from the previous maintainer. I'm not sure if
> "xlib6 | aout-svgalib" is a good idea, but abuse does work in X too, so it
> makes some sense.
perhaps split it into sabuse and xabuse packages? coz when it comes to
gamez, I really do prefer the console. I waited till squake came out to
install quake on my linux box f'rinstance. Not all of us have pentiums =)
> Yes. This is the core problem. I think if you downgrade to linux 2.0.0 or
> earlier, your mouse should work. It seems something has changed in the
Ok. I will compile the 2.0.0 kernel and see if it works with that. But
as far as reinstalling redhat.... I no longer have the cdrom. I only have
the latest redhat from infomagic. And Ive got my system so upgraded under
debian, I dread reinstalling another distro just to check this.
> kernel since then that broke abuse. I have reported this to crack dot com. I
> don't know much else to do.
Have you gotten any reply to them? It seems strange that they, at the
very least, havent compiled abuse to use elf libs. Maybe a recompile is
all thats needed to fix the mouse problem, eh?
> Currently, the only way abuse works is if you run the X version. That does
> work fine. I may remove the svgalib version from the package, if it doesn't
> get fixed eventually.
Which would be a shame =( Hope we can get it fixed. It really gives me
power to be able to show my hardcore gamer buddies that Linux has cool
games too. I already got a couple of them interested in installing it.
Yours,
Jonathan
Maintainer of the #LinuxOS IRC channel on EFnet, supporting Linux 24 hours
a day.